Roles Played By Family Members In Marriage

Subject : Social Studies

Class : Primary 4 / Basic 4 / Year 4

Term : First Term

Week : Week 5

Topic : Roles played by Families

Previous Knowledge : Pupils have previous knowledge of

Marriage Customs and Practices 

that was treated as a topic in the previous lesson

Behavioural Objectives : At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to

1. Define roles of family members in marriage

Instructional Materials :

Wall charts

Pictures

Online materials

Textbook

Teaching methods

Discussion

Demonstration

Dramatization

Questions and Answers

Entry Behaviour

1. Why are mother in laws always difficult with the newly wedded bride ?

2. What is OMUGO?

3. Why is it that fathers don’t do baby sitting

Content

ROLE PLAYED BY FAMILIES AND OTHERS IN LIVES OF NEWLY WEDDED COUPLES

1. They give advice to both partners.

2. Both parents advise the newly wedded couples on how to live a peaceful married life

3. They plan the marriage ceremony

4. Some mother – in – laws are very difficult and uncooperative

5. Some family members give out  gifts like

6. Advise the new bride on Cleanliness, neatness and on how to take care of herself

7. Fathers teach the new bridegroom on how to manage marriage and woman most especially endurance ( suuru lafi ńṣe ọkọ obìnrin)

8. Mother in laws come around to take care of the newly born babies when the needs arise. This is called OMUGO in the eastern part of Nigeria

9. They pray for the newly married couples

10. They settles disputes and quarrels

Presentation

The Topic is presented step by step

Step 1 :

The class teacher revises the old topic

Step 2

The class teacher introduces the new topic

Step 3

He or she allows the pupils to give their own contributions and he or she corrects them when the needs arise

Evaluation

1. What is OMUGO ?

2. Why do Mother in laws come to stay with married couples ?

3. Who is an in-law ?

Conclusion

The class teacher concludes them lesson by giving out a chalkboard summary of the lesson that he or she has just explained. He or she also gives out some questions as evaluation. The class teacher does the necessary corrections and he or she goes round to do the marking

Assignment

Responsible Parenthood